Ukraine used U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike at Russian airbases in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine on Tuesday after the U.S. secretly shipped variants of the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) in recent weeks, according to U.S. officials.President...
The United States has quietly delivered the long-range ballistic missiles Ukraine said it urgently needed.
However, Mr Biden is said to have secretly given the green light to send the long-range system - which can fire missiles distances of up to 300km (186 miles) - in February. "I can confirm that the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS at the president's direct direction...
Last springthe U.S. began sending the long-range variant of ground-to-ground ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for use inside its territory. In occupied Crimea, they have ravaged Russia’s navy and air defenses and supporting infrastructure. ATACMS missiles are responsive and can hit mobile...
18, it carried out a stunning attack in Russia’s Tver region, blowing up a hugeweapons depotin a blast akin to anearthquake. To overwhelm air defenses, Ukraine used over 100 slow-flying drones. The depot was 300 miles away from Ukraine, well beyond the190-mile rangeof ATACMS ...
TheRussian presidentsaid it would “significantly change” the nature of theUkraineconflict and amount to “nothing less than direct involvement ofNATOcountries”. Ukrainian officials have been pleading for months for permission to fire Western-supplied missiles, including long-range ...
of long-range ATACMS. But in thanking Congress for passing the new aid bill Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted on the social platform X that “Ukraine’s long-range capabilities, artillery and air defense are extremely important tools for ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has long pushed for authorisation from Washington to use the powerful Army Tactical Missile System, known by its initials ATACMS, to hit targets inside Russia. Poland was among the first to welcome the development. ...
Western governments feared Ukraine might use long-range missiles for attacks on Russian soil deemed politically provocative, which could incite escalatory retaliation. That, along with limited inventory, has most notably kept the U.S. from donating 190-mile range ATACMS ballistic missiles ...
The Institute for the Study of War said Russia was “leveraging sanctuary space in deep rear areas.” It estimated at least 250 militarily significant targets in Russia were within range of the ATACMS missiles, but current restrictions allow Ukraine to strike ...